As many as 75% of people with chronic mental health disorders:
a. Live alone
b. Refuse to take their medications
c. Use or abuse drugs
d. Use or abuse their prescribed medications
C
Individuals with a dual diagnosis experience two or more disorders, one of which is commonly drug abuse.
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An adult client has a hematocrit of 64%. The nurse realizes that this laboratory value is most consistent with:
a. dehydration. b. leukemia. c. anemia. d. hemorrhage.
A nursing student is caring for a patient with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who also has a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infection. The prescriber has or-dered daptomycin [Cubicin]
The nurse encourages the student to approach the provider to re-quest a different antibiotic because of which facts about daptomycin? (Select all that apply.) a. It causes significant renal impairment. b. It is approved only for bloodstream and skin infections. c. It increases the risk of serious cardiores-piratory events. d. It is more likely to produce resistant strains of bacteria. e. It is not effective against MRSA infec-tions.
A woman experiences shivering and her blood pressure drops from 120/80 mm Hg to 102/68 mm Hg shortly after giving birth. The nurse immediately removes the wet drapes and applies a warm blanket
The woman's fundus is firm, and there is no excessive bleeding. The woman asks, "Why can't I stop shivering?" The nurse's most appropriate response is: 1. "You were shivering because of the pain that you experienced. The shivering will stop soon now that the pain is gone.". 2. "You were shivering because your body cooled. Some women may have shiver-ing. This is a normal response.". 3. "Your doctor will be here shortly to talk about your shivering.". 4. "Don't worry. Your doctor will give you some pain medication that will cause your shivering to stop.".
The Medicaid insurance program is best described as:
1. Acute care hospital insurance for the older adult population 2. A funded health care program for older and disabled persons 3. A state-regulated health care program for persons of low income 4. A fee-for-service insurance plan that supports preventive health care